June 27/10 15:23 pm - Road Nationals: Men's Road Race UPDATES

The men's start was delayed by a few minutes as most of the starers took a last minute "nauture break"

The men will do 14 laps of the course for a total of 182 km

There are 130 on the start list

Lap 1

Charly Vives (SpiderTech p/b Planet Energy) attacked from the line and was caught on the first climb. Immediatlely Simon Lambert-Lemay (SpiderTech p/b Planet Energy) and Bailey McKnight (Synergy Racing) went and gained a small gap

Late in lap 5 - David Veilleux (Kelly Benefit Strategies) and William Goodfellow (BikeReg.com/Cannondale) are together chasing and are 1 min back of the leaders. Michael Joannisse (Team Quebec) is also chasing alone and is at 2 min. Peloton is now at 2:55

4:50 pm EDT

Lap 6 - Andrew Randell (SpiderTech p/b Planet Energy) lead the break across the line to start the 6th lap.

Veilleux and Goodfellow (@49 sec) and Joannisse (@2:22) are still chasing, Veilleux has dropped back to the peloton - now at 3:06

There are couple others attempting to bridge but they are just a couple seconds in front of the pelton

Some riders off the back : Cody Canning (ERTC/Revolution Cycle) and Geoff O'Toole (Garneau Evolution)

5:04 pm EDT

End of lap 6: Bruno Langlois (SpiderTech p/b Planet Energy) led the break across to start the 7th lap. Veilleux and Goodfellow are just 25 sec behind the leaders. Joannisse is about to be caught by the peloton - only 2:30 behind the leaders now

Interesting story about Rollin. 10 min before the start of the race the crank on his race bike broke. After a bit of searching around, the OGC rep for Alberta (Steve Gaffrey) and his bike were conscripted to donate the crank for Rollin's use

5:19 pm EDT

Lap 8 - Half way point of race

The leaders are now on the 8th lap.

SpiderTech p/b Planet Energy's Bruno Langlois led the break across the line.

Veilleux and Goodfellow are still chasing but the gap is 35 sec.

Peloton at 3:30

5:25 pm

Rollin not successful

5:32 pm EDT

Over the top of the 2nd climb and on the descent a group of ~ 10 attacked off the front of the peloton and are now 15-20 sec clear. Marsh Cooper (Kelly Benefit Strategies) and Rob Britton (BISSELL Pro Cycling) are 2 of the more notable riders. They are 2:45 behind the break and the peloton is at 3 min.

Veilleux and Goodfellow are about to catch the break

Veilleux and Goodfellow are about to catch the break

NOTE

Probably the oldest competitor in today's race is Jeff Barnes and it is his 46th birthday today. Jeff finished 2nd in the road race in when the nationals were last in Edmonton in 1994. Czeslaw Lukasewiecz was the winner that day.

A happy birthday to Jeff

5:42 pm EDT

Lap 9

Veilleux and Goodfellow have caught the break. The chase group with Britton are at 2 min and the pelton at 2:30

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5:55 pm EDT

The Britton/Cooper chase group is now just 50 seconds behind the leaders. There is now another chase group of 6 with Keven Lacombe at 1:50. The peloton is REALLY strung out and Tuft and Meir have come to the front and put their heads down

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6:01 pm EDT

Britton/Cooper group now have caught the leaders. Peloton is at 1:35

6:05 pm EDT

Lap 10

Big group at the front now and David Veilleux is at the front driving the pace